1. Minimally invasive surgery techniques in pelvic exenteration: a systematic and meta-analysis review

   • The PelvEx Collaborative

   Review Article 17 July 2018 Pages: 4707 - 4715

   

2. Safety of single-incision robotic cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder disease: a systematic review

   • Marco Migliore
   • Alberto Arezzo
   • Mario Morino

   Review Article 25 June 2018 Pages: 4716 - 4727

   

3. Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: an up-to-date meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

   • Yunxiao Lyu
   • Yunxiao Cheng
   • Liang Chen

   Review Article 23 August 2018 Pages: 4728 - 4741

   

4. Laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploration: surgical indications and procedure strategies

   • L. Fang
   • J. Wang
   • S. B. Zou

   OriginalPaper 08 October 2018 Pages: 4742 - 4748

   

5. Treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: can endoscopic thyroidectomy via a chest-breast approach achieve similar therapeutic effects as open surgery?

   • Rui Qu
   • Jinyi Li
   • Cunchuan Wang

   OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 4749 - 4756

   

6. Laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair in patients with previous lower abdominal surgery

   • Toru Zuiki
   • Jun Ohki
   • Alan Kawarai Lefor

   OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 4757 - 4762

   

7. High-resolution standardization reduces delay due to workflow disruptions in laparoscopic cholecystectomy

   • Marco von Strauss und Torney
   • Sohelia Aghlmandi
   • Robert Mechera

   OriginalPaper 21 May 2018 Pages: 4763 - 4771

   

8. Laparoscopic liver resection for large HCC: short- and long-term outcomes in relation to tumor size

   • Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri
   • Gabriele Spoletini
   • Giuseppe Maria Ettorre

   OriginalPaper 16 May 2018 Pages: 4772 - 4779

   

9. Comparison between laparoscopic and open Hartmann’s reversal: results of a decade-long multicenter retrospective study

   • Nir Horesh
   • Yonatan Lessing
   • Hagit Tulchinsky

   OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4780 - 4787

   

10. Recurrence patterns after laparoscopic resection of colorectal liver metastases

    • Nicolas Tabchouri
    • Brice Gayet
    • David Fuks

    OriginalPaper 14 May 2018 Pages: 4788 - 4797

    

11. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Emergency General Surgery Anatomic Severity Scoring System as a predictor of cost in appendicitis

    • Eric J. Finnesgard
    • Matthew C. Hernandez
    • Martin D. Zielinski

    OriginalPaper 17 May 2018 Pages: 4798 - 4804

    

12. Evaluation of VTE prophylaxis and the impact of alternate regimens on post-operative bleeding and thrombotic complications following bariatric procedures

    • Maria S. Altieri
    • Jie Yang
    • Aurora D. Pryor

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4805 - 4812

    

13. The laparoscopic inguinal and diaphragmatic defect (LIDD) model: a validation study of a novel box trainer model

    • Damir Ljuhar
    • Samuel Alexander
    • Ramesh Nataraja

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4813 - 4819

    

14. Optimizing the image of fluorescence cholangiography using ICG: a systematic review and ex vivo experiments

    • Jacqueline van den Bos
    • Fokko P. Wieringa
    • Laurents P. S. Stassen

    OriginalPaper Open access 18 May 2018 Pages: 4820 - 4832

    

15. Laparoscopic extended liver resection: are postoperative outcomes different?

    • Daniel Pietrasz
    • David Fuks
    • Brice Gayet

    OriginalPaper 16 May 2018 Pages: 4833 - 4840

16. The importance of early recognition in management of ERCP-related perforations

    • Jason G. Bill
    • Zachary Smith
    • Vladimir M. Kushnir

    OriginalPaper 16 May 2018 Pages: 4841 - 4849

    

17. Robotic-assisted laparoscopic groin hernia repair: observational case-control study on the operative time during the learning curve

    • Filip Muysoms
    • Stijn Van Cleven
    • Archana Ramaswamy

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4850 - 4859

    

18. A predictive model for patients with median arcuate ligament syndrome

    • Fred Brody
    • James A. Randall
    • Anton N. Sidawy

    OriginalPaper 29 May 2018 Pages: 4860 - 4866

    

19. Perioperative outcomes and anesthetic considerations of robotic bariatric surgery in a propensity-matched cohort of super obese and super-super obese patients

    • Katherine D. Gray
    • Alfons Pomp
    • Cheguevara Afaneh

    OriginalPaper 15 May 2018 Pages: 4867 - 4873

    

20. Development of a patient-reported outcome measure of recovery after abdominal surgery: a hypothesized conceptual framework

    • Roshni Alam
    • Sabrina M. Figueiredo
    • Julio F. Fiore Jr.

    OriginalPaper 17 May 2018 Pages: 4874 - 4885

    

21. Does obesity impact postoperative outcomes following robotic-assisted surgery for rectal cancer?

    • E. Duchalais
    • N. Machairas
    • D. W. Larson

    OriginalPaper 09 July 2018 Pages: 4886 - 4892

22. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration in patients with previous upper abdominal surgery

    • Jisheng Zhu
    • Gen Sun
    • Weidong Xiao

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4893 - 4899

    

23. Comparison of outcomes following laparoscopic and open treatment of emergent small bowel obstruction: an 11-year analysis of ACS NSQIP

    • Richa Patel
    • Neil P. Borad
    • Aziz M. Merchant

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4900 - 4911

    

24. Cost-effectiveness analysis of laparoscopic versus open surgery in colon cancer

    • Javier Mar
    • Ane Anton-Ladislao
    • the REDISSEC-CARESS/CCR group

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4912 - 4922

    

25. Development and validation of the TOCO–TURBT tool: a summative assessment tool that measures surgical competency in transurethral resection of bladder tumour

    • Anna H. de Vries
    • Arno. M. M. Muijtjens
    • Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2018 Pages: 4923 - 4931

    

26. Prospective study of the effect of topical application of Mitomycin C in refractory pediatric caustic esophageal strictures

    • Carolyne Morcos Ghobrial
    • A. E. Eskander

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4932 - 4938

    

27. The role of endoscopic treatment of pancreatic duct disruption in patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis

    • Mateusz Jagielski
    • Marian Smoczyński
    • Krystian Adrych

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4939 - 4952

    

28. Surgical outcomes for diverticulitis in young patients: results from the NSQIP database

    • Meara Dean
    • Herman Kessler
    • Emre Gorgun

    OriginalPaper 05 June 2018 Pages: 4953 - 4956

29. Total minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal adenocarcinoma reduces postoperative pain and pneumonia compared to hybrid esophagectomy

    • Felix Berlth
    • Patrick S. Plum
    • Arnulf H. Hölscher

    OriginalPaper 21 June 2018 Pages: 4957 - 4965

    

30. Analysis of laparoscopic laser liver resection in standardized porcine model

    • David Benjamin Ellebrecht
    • Dirk Theisen-Kunde
    • Heike Wolken

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4966 - 4972

    

31. Additional value of EUS in oesophageal cancer patients staged N0 on PET/CT: validation of a prognostic model

    • K. G. Foley
    • P. Fielding
    • S. A. Roberts

    OriginalPaper Open access 04 June 2018 Pages: 4973 - 4979

    

32. Structured assessment of laparoscopic camera navigation skills: the SALAS score

    • T. Huber
    • M. Paschold
    • W. Kneist

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4980 - 4984

    

33. Efficacy of ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block for postoperative analgesia in laparoscopic gastric sleeve resection: a randomized single blinded case control study

    • Tarun Mittal
    • Ashish Dey
    • Vinod Malik

    OriginalPaper 04 June 2018 Pages: 4985 - 4989

34. Risk factors and consequences of conversion to open surgery in laparoscopic common bile duct exploration

    • Bin Xu
    • Yu-Xiang Wang
    • Zhen-Shun Song

    OriginalPaper 09 July 2018 Pages: 4990 - 4998

    

35. Laparoscopic versus open emergent ventral hernia repair: utilization and outcomes analysis using the ACSNSQIP database

    • D. M. Pechman
    • L. Cao
    • B. Surick

    2018 SAGES Oral 29 June 2018 Pages: 4999 - 5005

    

36. Simulation-based mastery learning significantly reduces gender differences on the Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery performance exam

    • E. Matthew Ritter
    • Matthew Lineberry
    • Aimee K. Gardner

    2018 SAGES Oral 16 July 2018 Pages: 5006 - 5011

    

37. Canadian general surgery residents’ need formal curricula and objective performance assessments in gastrointestinal endoscopy training: a program director census

    • Megan Delisle
    • Courtney Chernos
    • Ashley Vergis

    2018 SAGES Oral 24 July 2018 Pages: 5012 - 5020

    

38. Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with CME: standardization using the “critical view” concept

    • Christoph Werner Strey
    • Christoph Wullstein
    • Stefan Benz

    Dynamic Manuscript Open access 15 October 2018 Pages: 5021 - 5030

    

39. “Underwater” endoscopic submucosal dissection: a novel method for resection in saline with a bipolar needle knife for colorectal epithelial neoplasia

    • Shunsuke Yoshii
    • Tomofumi Akasaka
    • Tetsuo Takehara

    Dynamic Manuscript 26 September 2018 Pages: 5031 - 5036

    

40. Comparison of synchronous dual wavelength diode laser versus conventional endo-knives for esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection: an animal study

    • Jian Tang
    • Shufang Ye
    • Feng Liu

    New Technology 16 August 2018 Pages: 5037 - 5043